MagSafe charger A2140 or A2548?

[frqunzfltr]

I went to a local electronics store and bought a MagSafe charger. It's the model number A2140. Then I remembered this article...

Apple FCC filings reveal revised MagSafe Charger - 9to5Mac

A new FCC filing from Apple has revealed a revised version of the MagSafe Charger ahead of the iPhone 13 event.

9to5mac.com

...which says that there's a newer model with the number A2548 from September 2021.

I don't think the one I bought was laying around in that store for 1,5 years. So I wonder what's going on here.

They're a little date printed on the labels of Apple boxes lately, which looks like 01/2022 or 07/2023. Is this the manufacturing date? If so, my charger was made in 08/2022 but still has the model number A2140. Is the A2548 just for the US (I'm in Europe)? My charger came with a firmware version pre-installed which got released in December 2021, according to MacRumors, which was still the current version in 08/2022.

 

[msackey]

This is interesting!! I wonder what has changed.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Wow OP joined and quickly cancelled....

If I remember, it was something about modifying the MagSafe cable to utilize rapid charging from non-Apple chargers. I tried a quick search and got nothing so... take this as a grain of salt.

 

[msackey]

Wow OP joined and quickly cancelled....

If I remember, it was something about modifying the MagSafe cable to utilize rapid charging from non-Apple chargers. I tried a quick search and got nothing so... take this as a grain of salt.

I always wondered what the "cancelled" meant, whether it had to do with Macrumors "cancelling" them or themselves doing it

How do I find out what model Magsafe charger I have? I no longer have the box and I don't see any revealing writing on the puck itself.

 

[austothemax]

didn’t even know they released a revised one

 

[BigMcGuire]

I always wondered what the "cancelled" meant, whether it had to do with Macrumors "cancelling" them or themselves doing it

How do I find out what model Magsafe charger I have? I no longer have the box and I don't see any revealing writing on the puck itself.

Good question - absolutely no idea. I ended up donating mine to family. Probably no way to find out

 

[msackey]

I recall the MagSafe puck had a firmware some time back. Maybe that made all versions fast-chargeable with any 15W+ adapter? Oh well...hard to say....

 

[kerr]

I presume/hope official Apple stores only sell the newer A2548 model because I'm probably going to buy one soon. But two things I don't like about the Apple MagSafe charger: the cable is still plastic rather than braided like the new Apple charge cables, and it only comes in length of 1m

Couldn't Apple add a USB-C port to the puck and just sell the puck on its own (USD $25), then we could pair it with a 1m (USD $19) or 2m (USD $29) braided USB-C charge cable?